{"product_id":"innovation-for-the-masses-how-to-share-the-benefits-of-the-high-tech-economy-paperback","title":"Innovation for the Masses: How to Share the Benefits of the High-Tech Economy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging, solutions-oriented look at how cities and nations can better foster innovation and equality.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From San Francisco to Shanghai, many of the world's most innovative places are highly unequal, with the benefits going to a small few. Rather than simply asking how we can create more high-tech cities and nations, \u003ci\u003eInnovation for the Masses\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on what we can learn from places that foster innovation while also delivering the benefits more widely and equally. In this book, economist Neil Lee draws on case studies of Taiwan, Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland to set out how innovation can be successfully balanced toward equity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As high-tech economies around the world suffer from polarized labor markets and political realities that lock in these problems, this book looks beyond the United States to other models of distributing a leading-edge economy. Lee emphasizes the active role of the state in creating frameworks to ensure that benefits are broadly shared, revealing that strong policies for innovation and mutual prosperity reinforce each other. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003e Innovation for the Masses \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a vital window into alternative models that prioritize equity, the roadblocks these models present, and what other countries can learn from them going forward.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis marvelous book offers a deep understanding of the (very different) ways in which innovation works in Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, and Taiwan. The four countries examined have institutions and policies that spread the benefits of their innovative sectors widely across their populations; unlike most other successful innovators, they also produce \u003ci\u003edecent\u003c\/i\u003e societies. Distinguished from the many books on innovation I've read in recent years, Neil Lee's work presents a thought-provoking set of ideas and is sure to have a great impact--the samizdat version already has.--David Soskice, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eDemocracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In this exquisitely researched book, Lee offers hope: hope in the ability to foster innovation that promotes widely shared prosperity for all. Looking at the cases of four equitable innovators--Switzerland, Austria, Taiwan, and Sweden--the book offers lessons that should be well heeded by policymakers worldwide.\"--Dan Breznitz, author of \u003ci\u003eInnovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Policymakers too often grasp at buzzwords and on-trend ideas. We can do better, and this book is a crucial tool in the job of improving economic policy. Growth and innovation in our economy must have as their central goal the improvement of people's living standards. Lee's analysis is a vital explanation of new evidence on how that can happen. All who care about improving public economics should read it.\"--Alison McGovern, MP, Shadow Minister for Employment \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A book for policymakers, practitioners, and anyone tasked with pursuing innovation-inspired development strategies. Combining innovation-driven growth with mechanisms by which this growth is distributed among more people, Lee brings academic work closer to those who can actually do something to change practices in the real world.\"--Josephine Rekers, Senior Lecturer of Human Geography, Lund University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A wonderful read. Lee shows the fundamental importance of linking innovation and equality.\"--Teis Hansen, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Copenhagen\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Lee\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics and Political Science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52494565736755,"sku":"9780520425033","price":43.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/6yru1pz1C49780520425033.webp?v=1759989335","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/innovation-for-the-masses-how-to-share-the-benefits-of-the-high-tech-economy-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}